...looking forward to it, especially as it seems he's playing one of the few songs he did in the 90s I really liked (I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the set list) and I can genuinely say I liked his new one 'Keep It Simple' a lot as well.

After that, there's a 30 minute compilation of his performances on Jools Holland, and on Sunday there's another hour-long compilation of other BBC performances. For Van die-hards like me, this is manna from heaven! Next Friday there's a similar run of programmes for James Taylor, by the way...

I shall set the Toppy